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Dec. 18 i923- 1,` A. BISSELL WATER METER Filed OCT.. 20. 1920 Patented@een l, i923.

GEORGE A. BISSELL, OF IMINOT, NORTH DAKOTA.

WATER METER.

Application led October 20, 1920. Serial No. 418,155.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, GEORGE A. BissnLL, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Minot, in the county of Ward, State of North Dakota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in later Meters; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.'

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water metersand particularly to linings therefor.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a lining for a watermeter which will readily be compressed under the expansive force ot' iceresulting` from the freezing of the water in the meter, and whereby thecasing of the meter will be prevented from injury.

lCther objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

ln the drawing:

rlhe figure is a sectional perspective View ot' a water meter showingthe lining therein, which constitutes the improvement.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 1 0 represents thecasing of a water meter in which the lining ll is Secured. This liningis preferably formed Jfrom sott easily compressible rubber or rubbersubstitute and is secured to the inner face of the wall of the meter.This lining is or" such thickness as to occupy such space as is notoccupied by the mechanism of the meter and to permit the minimum amountof water to remain therein.

When the water, within the meter, becomes frozen the ice will expand andpress against the rubber lining, thus being prevented from bursting thecasing of the meter. Furthermore, the rubber lining will rendr the metercasing more perfectly leakproo It will also be understood that therubber is adapted to be secured to the walls of all spaces, within themeter casing, which are not occupied by moving parts both above andbelow the disk chamber.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a water meter and the mechanism contained therein,of a lining comprising a cylindrical body of soft live rubber having acentral cavity opening through both ends of the body, said lining beingsecured to the walls or' all spaces within the meter casing not occupiedby the mechanism and being spaced away from the latter.

In testimony whereof, afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses:

GEORGE A. BISSELL.

Witnesses:

MOODY O. EIDE, L. R. MILLER.

